Cerrophidion tzotzilorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Cerrophidion
Species: Cerrophidion tzotzilorum

Name

Cerrophidion tzotzilorum (Campbell, 1985)

• Holotype: UTA R-9641, adult ♂, collected on 8 June 1979 by J.A. Campbell.
• Type locality: “10.9 km ESE San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, elevation 2320 m.”

Combinations

• Bothrops tzotzilorum Campbell, 1985: 48 [original combination]
• Porthidium tzotzilorum — Campbell & Lamar, 1989: 327 [subsequent combination]
• Cerrophidion tzotzilorum — Campbell & Lamar, 1992: 26 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Campbell, J.A. 1985. A new species of highland pitviper of the genus Bothrops from southern Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 19(1): 48–54. DOI: 10.2307/1564419 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Campbell, J.A. & Lamar, W.W. 1989. The Venomous Reptiles of Latin America. Comstock Publishing/Cornell University Press: Ithaca. 425 pp. ISBN 9780801420597
• Campbell, J.A. & Lamar, W.W. 1992. Taxonomic status of miscellaneous Neotropical viperids, with the description of a new genus. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Texas Tech University 153: 1–31. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cerrophidion tzotzilorum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 March 2018.
• Campbell, J.A. & Muñoz-Alonso, A. 2007. IUCN: Cerrophidion tzotzilorum  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64307A12762008. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64307A12762008.en

Vernacular names

English: Tzotzil Montane Pit Viper
español: Nauyaca de montaña tzotzil